22 Unbelievable Things That Came Out In Custody And Divorce Battles, Straight From Family Lawyers

19. "I had a lawsuit who was being sued by the begetter of her kid for custody and kid support. He had a weapons complaint and cause complaint connected his caller record. My client, the mother, was clean. During cross-examination, I asked astir those charges and asked if helium was subjected to a test, and if would helium pass. He answered successful the affirmative. The judge, upon petition from counsel (me), had the sheriff's bureau administer a trial for both. He, the father, failed; my client, the mother, passed. The justice awarded my lawsuit custody and kid support."

"It isn't that interesting, but what makes it comic is that this was my archetypal household instrumentality case, and the opposing counsel was a precise well-known and pugnacious household instrumentality attorney. Prior to our hearing, the opposing counsel came in, and she virtually demanded that we hold to her client's presumption 'or other she (my client) would ne'er spot the kid again.' I offered that her client, the father, get weekends, etc. — modular visitation schedule. She declined, and her lawsuit failed the cause trial administered aft the hearing; my lawsuit passed. That's beauteous minor, but it was a beauteous chill triumph for a young lawyer up against a large name. ... All for naught since the clients ended up backmost unneurotic a twelvemonth and a fractional later. Imagine that."

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